Mergers of mobile phone firms have always been a hot topic when it comes to obtaining antitrust approval, and the recent deal to combine the U.K. operations of Vodafone and CK Hutchison — which owns the 3 (Three) network — is no different. We hear more about the European Commission’s approach to telecommunications M&A with our guest Jacob Parry, a Brussels-based chief regulatory correspondent for PaRR and DealReporter.

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